Portable AMD EPYC Workstation Packs Up To Dual 96-Core Genoa CPUs & Six 4K Displays, Weighs Up To 55 Lbs
Portable AMD EPYC Workstation Packs Up To Dual 96-Core Genoa CPUs & Six 4K Displays, Weighs Up To 55 Lbs
Mediaworkstations has unveiled its new a-X2P portable AMD EPYC PC that packs up to dual Genoa CPUs and six 4K displays while weighing 55 lbs.
Mediaworkstations, a PC company that creates mobile workstations for media & technical users seeking systems for tasks that a standard laptop alone would not be able to accomplish, has added a new variant to its line of mobile superpower workstations that offers up to two AMD EPYC 9654 CPUs and 6 TB of DDR5 memory.
The new Mediaworkstation a-X2P workstation can feature up to two of the fastest Genoa chips that AMD has on offer, the EPYC 9654, with up to 96 cores and 192 threads per chip and a cTDP of up to 300W. The system is hefty at up to 55 lbs. & measures 16.35 x 24.6 x 10.6 inches. Even considering this workstation is a PC/laptop hybrid, this is not the workstation you would take to the cafe.
Other than knowing that it is a dual-socket design for AMD EPYC CPUs, the specifics of the SP5 motherboard being utilized for the system are unknown. However, Mediaworkstations does mention that they are using the Gigabyte Management Console web interface for the Aspeed AST2600 Management Controller. Jumping over to Gigabyte's website, we verified that the system must use the MZ73 series, an E-ATX form factor server motherboard that offers up to 24 DIMM slots supporting DDR5-4800 3DS RDIMMs with capacities up to 256 GB.
The Mediaworkstation a-X2P offers six 24-inch displays offer a two-row by three-column display layout with HD or UHD resolutions with up to two GPUs inside. Since the company chose to support PCIe Gen4 instead of the newer Gen5, it is determined that Mediaworkstation chose the Gigabyte MZ723-LM1 board instead of the MZ723-LM0 version. The MZ723-LM1 offers four PCIe Gen4 x16 expansion slots, which would coincide with the specifications for this system from the company. For graphics, the system provides a 2D Video Graphic Adapter with a PCIe bus interface and offers resolutions of 1920 x 1200 @ 60Hz and 32bpp for each of its six displays.
Surprisingly, Mediaworkstation opted for the PCIe 4.0 generation for this system and not the newer fifth generation that is supported by the AMD Genoa CPUs. It could be that PCIe 5.0 was still expensive for companies to adopt when it was being developed, causing most to continue using the fourth generation. The system offers an M.2 slot with support for 2280 and 22110 cards and also opts for two SlimSAS 8i connectors with four PCIe Gen4 or sixteen SATA III ports for expansion slots.
It is not to say that this system could not be taken to other locations as it folds into the size of a PC chassis, but this is meant to travel to work locations or even from home, but that would be the extent. The price is unknown for the new workstation but it is expected to cost several thousand dollars since a single AMD EPYC 9654 processor alone costs close to $12,000 US. Still, if you are an HPC professional in the market for this type of system and its functionality, you can contact the company for further details.
News Sources: Mediaworkstation, Gigabyte, Tomshardware
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